. Stories of humble friends . Animal behavior. 89 queen. No one noticed her and she shpped quietly away. The second time Nipper was helping one of the other outside workers to drag a dead beetle. Comino; around a bunch of erasses near the opening into the nest Nipper saw two red ants there in the doorway. One of them Nipper knew immediately to be one of the royal guard. The other was larger and finer, and Nipper recognized her as a queen. The royal guard had hold of her and was drawing her gently but firmly down into the nest again. The queen was holding back, but she was. The Royal Guard and
. Stories of humble friends . Animal behavior. 89 queen. No one noticed her and she shpped quietly away. The second time Nipper was helping one of the other outside workers to drag a dead beetle. Comino; around a bunch of erasses near the opening into the nest Nipper saw two red ants there in the doorway. One of them Nipper knew immediately to be one of the royal guard. The other was larger and finer, and Nipper recognized her as a queen. The royal guard had hold of her and was drawing her gently but firmly down into the nest again. The queen was holding back, but she was. The Royal Guard and the Queen not really struggling. Presently she saw the two little slave ants with the beetle and then she stopped short and looked at them. After a moment she spoke. "You are slaves, aren't you?" she Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Pyle, Katharine, d. 1938. New York : American Book Co.
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